Device for handling cards or sheets in printing-presses.



w. R. REA. DEVICE FOR HANDLING CARDS 0R SHEETS IN PRINTING PRESSES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I8, 1913.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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DEVICE FOR HANDLING CARDS 0R SHEETS IN PRINTING PRESSES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I8, 1913.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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DEVICE FOR HANDLING CARDS 0R SHEETS IN PRINTING PRESSES.

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DEVICEFOR HANDLING CARDS OR SHEETS IN PRINTING-PRESSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed April 18, 1913. Serial No. 761,938.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, VALTER R.` REA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in thev county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Handling Cards or Sheets in Printing- Presses, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices f or handling cards or sheets in printing presses and has for its object to provide a new and improved means of receiving sheets or cards from the delivery side of a printing press when the same has a freshly-laid printed surface thereon, rolling said cards up with an extended sheet so that the parts thereof are held in non-slipping relation between two adjacent surfaces for preventing smudging while the ink is drying, inthe same way as is accomplished by the o-rdinary and tedious method of hand-slip sheeting,

It is a further object of my invention to provide meanscoperating with a roll having therein the sheets or cards, adapting saidy rollfto operate as a feeding means to a press for lso other impressions upon the cards.

It is a further object of my invention to provide means for conducting the apron or sheet of said roll so that the same sheet may simultaneously operate to feed cards at oneend of the press and receive and roll up the cards at the other end of the press. rlhe full objects and advantages of my invention will appear in connection with the detailed description thereof and are particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, illustrating the application of my invention in one form,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing dia- `grammatically a rotary press of common construction having my slip sheeting and feeding improvements attached thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the forward part of the machine shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation with some parts in section of the rear end of the machine shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view ofthe parts shown in Fig. 2. Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 are fragmentary views of details.

The frame 10 of a printing press of usual construction has the usual feed table 11 and delivery table 12. The only other parts of the printing press shown are the cylinder 13 and the inclined feed board 14. .As shown in Fig. 1, a rail system 15 is secured above the press which may be suspended from the ceiling or supported by separate framework 16 as desired. Upon the rear of the rail 15 is supported by means of rollers 17 a truck frame 18, said frame having depending hangers 19, said hangers formed with openended, downwardly-disposed slots 2O turned toward the front of the machine. The truck frame 18 is provided with a portion 21 extending below the rails 15, by means of which the truck frame 18 is secured in fixed position upon rails 15 by means of set bolt 22. Other trucks 22 are mounted to roll along rails 15 and are provided with hangers 23 having open-ended, oblique slots 24 turned toward the rear of the machine or toward the open end of the slots 20. The slots 2O and 24 are adapted to receive the trunnio-ns 25 of rollers 26, consisting of a central shaft or block upon which is wound a very extended strip or apron of paper or otherfabric as maybe desired. This strip may be of great length so that the complete rolls may weigh as much as one thousand pounds or more, and the rolls are transformed from the hangers 23 to the hangers 19 by pushing the trucks 22 as close as possible to truck frame 18 and rolling the rolls 26 on the trunnions 25 out of the slots 24 and along bars 27 pivoted at 28 to the lower portion 29 of hangers 19, the free ends of said bars being adaptedto rest upon retaining clips 30 on the lower ends of hangers 23. The slots 20 extend into an enlarged opening in the hangers 19 which are provided with bearing blocks 31, said bearing blocks being adjustable for wear by means of set screws 32 and 33 engaging said bearing blocks at right angles.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 5, a separate framework comprising a base 34 and a stand 35 is mounted upon casters 36. This framework is of substantially the same width as the frame of the printing press and is adapted to be secured in proper position relative thereto by means of arms 37 pivoted to the frame of the printing press and provided with hooks 38 adapted to engage over studs 39 on the base 34. A turn-buckle 40 in the arm 37 will adjust the position of the hooks 38 for holding the base 34 of the frame or truck in exactly the right position. The standards 35 have, projecting rearwardly from the upper portions thereof, arm-like la roller 55.

gated slots 42. A frame'43'is secured iny standards having an offset boss 46. Links 47 are provided'having at one end thereof pairs of longitudinal slots 48 and 49. Bolts 50 extend through slot 49 and pivotally secure the links 47 to the bracket portions 41. Other bolts 5l extend through slots 48 in links 47 and slots 42 in bracket portion 41, which bolts 51 lock the links 47 in desirable position of adjustment so that hooks 52 on the ends thereof will engage over the bosses 46 and hold the upper portion of the frame truck in fiXed position relative to the press. A bolt 53 may, if desired, be threaded into a portion of standard 35 to contact with the end of link 47. Thepairof links 47 have journaled therein a shaft 54 on which is The standards 45 have journaledy therein apair of rollers 56 'and 57, roller 57 being held in contactwith roller 56 by means of springs 58 which-are adjustable by hand screwsor bolts 59. Standards 60 are provided at the rear end of frame 43 in which is journaled a fixed roller 61 corresponding to roller 57. yLink members' 62 are pivotally secured lby means of bolts 63 to backwardly extended portions 64 of standard 60. Slots 65 in the arc of a. circle having its center at 63 are formed in stand-v ards 60, and by means of bo1ts'66l extending through said slots and the linkmembers 62 said link members may be held in desired adjusted position. Aroller 67 has its shaft 68 journaled in the ends'of link members 62. A series'of belts `69 run over rollers 67 and 56, a corresponding series of belts 70 running over rollers 61 and 57. A shaft 71 isjournaled in theV lower frontportion v oftruck frame 35, and saidA shaft'is driven by a sprocket chain 72 running overl a sprocket wheel 73 on shaft 71 and aspro'cket wheel 74 on shaft 75, which is one of the driven shafts ofthe press.` Shaft 71 has thereon a pulley 76 over which runs a belt 77, said belt driving shaft 78 of roller 57 by means of which the lower set of feed belts 70 running over rollers 57 Aand filare` constantly driven. A tightener barv 79 is adjustably 'secured to one of links 47 by means of a bolt 8O which extends through a slot 81 in said tightener bar, a pair of rollers 82 and 83 on said bar 79 engaging the two runs of belt 77. `The shaft k71`fhas' thereon a spur gear or pinion 84` meshing with a similar gear 85 on a. shaft 86'journaled in uprights 35 adjacent shaftV 71. Shaft86 has thereon a rough-surfaced roller 87, also a sprocket wheel 88 outside of gear wheel 85. The sprocket wheel 88 is connected by sprocket chain 89 with a sprocket wheel 90 having fast thereon a friction disk v91splined upon a short shaft 92., The shaft 92 has a bearing at its outer end in a bracket 93 yoffset from--standardl 35. The other end of shaft 92 has ay bearing within av sleeve 94 upon which is a' friction' 'disk' 95 corresponding to friction disk J 91.` p The inner end of the sleeve 94 has a bearing within a boss 96l onthe side of standard 35.4 The sleeve 94 is cut away along one side as in'- dicated at 97, the bore of the sleeve then being Vin alinement with an open-topped bearing 98 in the top of standard-35, a similar open-topped bearing 98.being providedl in the other. standard. Vhe'n the sleeve 94 is turned with the cutaway portion 97 up, the interior of saidsleeve will form a bear-` ing continuous with the bearing 98 into which the trunnions or end of shaft 25 of roll 26 may be positioned-when'such a roll is transferred from asetof hangers 23. By means of'set screws v99 the lsleeve 94 is clamped to the end ofshaft 25.- Inside of its bearing in bracket 93 the shaft 92 is threaded, and-'upon this threaded portion is a nut 100 having .thereon a washer or collar 101 between 'which and the face of sprocket surrounding shaft 92 is a spring 102 which constantly forces disk 91 into engagement with disk 95. The tension of the spring and the consequent degree of friction contact between disks 91 and 95 may be regulated by means of the nut and collar 101.

By the above means a roll 26 is removably y lrapid rotation, thumb screws 105 regulating the degree of pressure exerted bythe` tension member.

Itis noted that-the drivl ing mechanism, consisting of sprocket wheel i 90, shaft 92, sleeve 94 and frictiondisks 91 and 95 is readily removable from the bearings formed in the boss 96 and bracket 93 and may be applied to similar parts on the rear portion of `standard 35. Sinceth'e shaft 86, the bearing 98`and the bearings 103 are at the apices of an equilateral triangle, the sprocket chain 89 ywill operate-toi drive a roll 26 when the same is positioned in either set Iof bearings, and by thesemeans the roll may bewound up from the bearings 98 and 98 and then reversed and wound in the other direction when positioned in the bearN ings 103.

The operation `ofso much of my .invention as above described ywill be understood. The

bearings 103 overa ltension roller 107 and' aroundroughened roller 87, beneath another tension roller 108 around roller 55'l and to theroll 26 in bearings 98 and 98. As

the machine is driven cards or printed sheets 109v will be delivered between the sets of bands 69 and 70, from which they will pass between rollers 57 and 56 and from which they are delivered upon the apron or sheet 106. This apron, by the means described, is constantly driven atv the same rate of speed as the belts 69 and 70, the slip drive formed by the friction'disks 91 and 95 compensating for the change of diameter of the roll as the sheet is wound up. The freshly printed cards 109 are thus carried into the body of the roll 26, where they will be retained in fixed position and without possibility of;

smudging orv damage until they are dry.

`After a run from the .press has been thus wound up in a roll 26, the -said roll by suitable crane mechanism, not shown, willA be suspended from the arms 23 of a truck 22 where the same can be rolled' to one side' luntil sufficient time has elapsed for satisfactory drying of the printed cards. After the cards are dry they maybe discharged from the apron by rrunning the same in -relverse direction upon a roll 26 in bearings 103 and it is necessary that the cards shall bev as above described, or such roll may be operated in the manner hereinafter described to feed the sheets to the press for further printing and simultaneously to re-roll the freshly' printed sheets upon a roll 26 in bearings'98 and 98, as will now be described. y

Referring to Figs. 1 and r3, it will be noted that rolls 26 therein shown upon hangers 19 are respectively turnedv so that the apron or strip 106 is led therefrom in opposite directions. It is the purpose of suspending `the rolls inthe manner described. and taking the apron therefrom to cause said apron to passA through mechanism by Vwhich 'the cardsare removed from the apron and delivered to the printing roller. taken from vthe roll,`as indicated in Fig. 1, the cardswill be delivered to the printing cylinder c with the same face up as was printed atthe previous time that the cards went through the machine. In multi-'color work, as is well-known, the same surface may require from two to five impressions,

slip-sheeted and dried after each impression. It is also common in printing cards of this character to print on bothsides of the cards or sheets, in which case to feed from the rolls 26 it vwill be necessary that the cards beA inverted, when the strip 106 will be unrolled in the direction indicatedl in Fig. 3.l In either case the feeding mechanism will be the same. Said feeding mechanism is shown to somewhat better advantage inFig. V3l and in Fig. 1. Upon the feed table 1l of Ythe press isclamped a frame 110 having :paralleli When the cards are side members 111. In the vforward part of:

113, and 114 and 115., respectively. upper of said ,pairs of rollers, v113 and 114, being spring-pressed upon the lower rollers 112fand 115. Beneath the lower of said pairs of rollers, and positioned so as to en.- gage ythe lower periphery of roller 115, is ani endless belt 116 which runs over a pair of rollers 117 and 118 journaled in side members A111. An obliquely-disposed receiving board 119 is adjustably positioned rso that the lower edge vthereof comes in proximity with the upper run 0f belt 116. A curved guide plate .120 extends in spaced relation above receiving board 119, the forward pord tion of said guide plate curving upwardly so as to extend above vthe point'of junction between rollers 114 and 115. A guide board 121, similar to guide board 130, extends from the forward side of belt 116 to the feed tablev 11 of the press at a point not far removed from the guide stops 122, where the kcards are gripped by the feed cylinder 13 in thel well-known manner. 'Ihe rollers 117, 112 and 115 are positively driven, as indicated in Fig, 1. A sprocket-chain 123 driven from the shaft of the printing cylinder 13 drives a short shaft 124 on which is a sprocket wheel 125. The sprocket chain 126 runs over the sprocket wheel 1,25 and drives roller 117, and rollers 112 and 115 are driven by a gearing connected with roller 117 so that the peripheries thereof adjacent belt 116 will move in the same direction as ad'j acent portion of said belt. v

As shown in Fig. 1, he apron or strip from the roll 26 is led directly backward beneath the lower run of an apron 127 which runs over roller 113 and a roller 1228 journaled in the forward ends of arms 129 pivotally connected at their rear ends to the shaft 130 of roller 113. In this manner the apron 127 floats upon the. strip 106. Vhen the strip is led in the opposite direction, as shown in Fig. 3, s0 that apron 127 is not needed, the arms 129 and parts carried thereby will be held suspended out of the way as from rail members 15. In case'it is desired to turn overthe cards so as to present them with .the other side up, the rollers 26 are turned around so that the strip 106 is led therefrom toward the front of the machine, as indicated in Fig. 3.4

Arms 131 are rigidly butadjustably secured to hangers 19 extending obliquely therefrom a suflicient distance so that the parts carried by said arms will clear the rollers of largest diameter. Journaled in the said arms 131 are rollers 132 and 133, roller 133 but 136. 'nifront of the 1in@ of junction' between rollers 132 and 133 and the line of junction between'roller v133\and belt 136, is,

av curved passageway 137 formed of an outer guideplate y138* andv aninner guide plate `139, the passageway 137 being horse-shoe` shape in transverse section.rv The apron 106 `runs beneath roller 132 and` around roller 133, and themcards or printed sheets carried on apron 106 are run out into and around the horse-shoe passage 137, coming upon the endless apron or f-belt 136 between said beltl 136 and the'sheetor apron 106. `It will bev notedthat in turning the printed cards about the roller 133, as described, the rev verse face of said cards is presented between rollersY 113 and 112 from what is true when the cards are delivered directly, 'as shown in Fig. 1. In either case, the cards leave the lsheet 106 when they pass between the rollers .112 and 113, and are gripped by thesucceed ing pair of rollers 114 and 5115- and passed under guide plate 111 up the incline receiving-board 119.` Astheedge of the card' passes out from between rol1ers-114 and-115 it will be carried downward by the periphery of roller 115, which may f bel-made smaller than roller 114 if desired, the lower edge' of said card dropping upon belt 116 and passing between said belt and the lower periphery of roller 115 from which the card has securedjthereto fingers 144 vadapted toy engage the surface of` a sheet up'ontable'1`1.v A reciprocatory motion is imparted to rod v143 by means of a fork 145 embracing the pin 146 connected lwith the `rod 143 and withrv a sliding'rod 147, the'connection o f pin 146- with rod 143 being adjustable as desired. The fork 145 is'on the upper end of vertical shaft'148 journaled on the side of press frame 10. The shaft 148 has thereon an arm 149 pivotally connected to a link 150,

in turn connected to anoscillating lever 151l having a cam roller 152 engaging cam 153 on the driven shaft 75, said leverV 151 being pressed Aoutwardly to hold the roller 152 in engagement with cam 153 by means of a spring 154. As shaft ,is rotated the vertical shaft 148 will be oscillated and through fork 145 will oscillate Vbar 143. AThe end of bar 143, with the friction 'members-144 carried thereby, is given a gyratory movement.

Apin 155 extends/toene side so asto en gage anupwardlylinclined spring member:V 156 vand lift the bar 143. On the,l other sideY of bar 143 is another pin 157 which engages, after arm 143 has been elevated by .spring plate, 156,l within a `slotgv158, iny an arcuate member 159. By these meansthe friction members144 are held out of contact with table 11 while they are Vmoved inwardly from the edge of said table but drop into contact'with said table during the outward stroke, thereby engaging'the sheet `of paper or card upon the table and drawingthe same up against alinement pins 139. n

As indicated in Fig.A 1, thek sheet or apron 106 from roll 26 passes raround roller 113 beneath .rollers135 and` over a roller 160 journaled in arms 131 outside of'the lowerl portion of guide plate 138, and' from thencey overrollers 161 and 162 journaled between rails 15 and downwardly over rollers 163k and 164 journaled at the front `,of vtruck frame-34, and from roller 164 around roller 107 and roller 87 to the roller 55, wherek the saine apron 106 that is delivering or feeding cards or sheets to the receiving-table 119 at the rear of the press will be receivingv and yrolling up printed cards at the frontk of theV press. When the reversingmechanism is used, as shown in Fig. 3, the sheet or apron l 106 runs around roller 113 and thence over, a roller 165 journaledin rails 15 above rolls 112 and 113, from whence the apron 106 travels over vrollers 161 and 1,62, etc., to

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As illustrated '1n-Fig; 3,*the truck 18, may

be provided with sockets 166 forythe' receiv. v

. ing roll 26 and a driving :mechanism 167 be provided similar to 'thatconsisting of rollers 87 and 107, 108, said driving device being operated by a beltor chain 168 from shaft 75, by which the apron 106 mayberv directly wound after the same is run between rollers 112 and 113 for feeding the cardsinstead of.

carrying said apron forward and winding it up with thefreshly printed cards inthe roll. Ordinarily, however, when the apron 106is used for feeding cards .to the printing press it will also be used for slip-sheeting or windthe cards up. '1 lVhilemy device will be of high utility `in slip-sheeting a onefrun job, the greatest usefulness of my invention resides in its application to workvwhere the cards or sheets are` run through the press twov or more times, such as will always be or where the cards or'sheets are printed on both sides.

the press six or more times, the cards will need to be handled from the time of beginning the job until the same is completed only once, that is, when they are fed intothe press in the rst instance. It will readily be apparent how -largely this' invention `will re- In such cases, even though it may be necessary to run the cards throughV 120 the case where more than one color is used f duce the cost of handling the finer grade of work where slip-sheeting is always required and usually the work has to be run through the press a number of times. The saving in room and security from damage, alone, are important features of the utility.` of my invention. When a run of cards has been rolled up in one of the rolls it is transferred to a truck upon the rails 15, where theroll isv in the'upper part of the roomentirely` out of the way and may be left for drying as long a time as may be desired without interfering in any way with the otherwork` or requiring space which could be otherwise employed; and when it is desired to unroll the apron for delivering the printed sheets through to the press for a second operation, or to the packaging table, such delivery can be effected with the utmost despatch and without the necessity of moving the piles of cards fromone table to another or of any handling.

I claimt' l1. .In combinationwith a printing press, an independently movable support provided with two sets of open bearings, a pair of rollers each having trunnions removably posi'- tioned in said respective sets of bearings, an interchangeable driving member having vmeans for receiving one of said trunnions and securing the same to said member, sets of holding means on said'support for operatively positioning said member in alinement with either of said sets of bearings, common means to rotatesaid member in either of its said'positions, an extended apron connected with said rollers, two sets of guide rollersffor causing the apron to travel so that apart thereof presents an upturned receiving surface, and means for delivering freshly printd cards or sheets upon said upturned surace.

2. V.In combination with a printing press, a support, a roller journaled on said support, a second rollermounted adjacent the delivery end ofthe press, an extended apron containing printed cards or sheets rolled up on the'first rollerfmeans for guiding said apron to deliver the sheets to the feeding mechanism of the press and conducting said apron to the second roller, means for driving said apron at a constant speed, and means for delivering freshly printed cards or sheets from the press and depositing the same upon the apron while the apron is being rolled for winding the cards `into the roll.

3. In combinationwith a printing press, an extended apron and means for rolling the same at a constant speed, means for delivering freshly printed cards or sheets from the press and depositing the same upon the apron while the apron is being rolled for winding the cards into the roll, Vcard-feeding means for the press, and independent means for unwinding the roll and delivering the cards to the card-feeding means.

4. lIn combination with a printing press, an extended apron, means for rolling the same and means for delivering freshly printed cards upon the apron to be rolled up therewith, independent means for supporting the roll adjacent the feeding end of the machine, a feeding device comprising a pair of rollers between and around one of which the apron is caused to travel as the roll is unwound, another pair of rollers adjacent the first named pair for receiving the printed sheets and withdrawing them Vfrom the apron, and means fo-r winding up the apron as the roll is unwound.

5. In combination with a printing press, an extended apron, means for rolling the saine and means for delivering freshly printed cards upon the apron to be rolled up therewith, independent means for supporting the roll adjacent the feeding end of the machine, a feeding device comprising 'a pair of rollers between and around one of which the apron' is caused to travel as the roll is unwound, another pair of rollers adjacent the first named pair for receiving the printed sheets and withdrawing them from the apron, an incline upon which the sheets are depositedv from the second pair of rollers, means-for feeding the sheets from the incline'to the press, and means for winding up the rapron as the roller is unwound.

6.In combination with a printing press, an' extended apron, means for rolling the same and means for delivering freshly printed cards upon the apron tol be rolled up therewith, independent means for supporting the roll adjacent the feeding end of the' machine, a feeding device comprising a pair of rollersbetween and around one of which the apron is caused to travel as the roll is unwound, another pair of rollers adjacent the'first named pair for receiving the printed 4sheets and withdrawing them from the apron, an incline upon which the sheets are deposited yfrom. lthe second pair of rollers, means for feeding the sheets from thek incline to the press, means for alining or positioning the sheets, and means for winding up the apron as the roller is Aunwound.

v7. In ,combination with a printing press, an extended apron, means for rolling the same and means for delivering freshly printed cards upon the apron to be rolled up therewith, independent means for supporting the roll adjacent the feeding end of the machine, a feeding device comprising a pair of rollers between and laround one of .which the apron is caused to travel as the roll is unwound, another pair of rollers adjacent the first named pair for receiving sheets are deposited from ,the secondfpair of rollers, an endless belt coperating with one of the rollers of the last named-pair for feeding the cards from the incline tov the press, and means for winding up the apron as the roller is unwound.

8. In combination with a printing press, a roll comprising an extended apron having a series of cardsl or sheets rolled up therewith, card-feeding means for the press, and means for unwinding the roll at a constant speed and delivering the cards from the apron to the feeding means. j

9. In combination with a printing press, a roll comprising an extended apronhaving a series of cards or sheets rolled up therewith, card-feeding Vmeans for the press and means for unwinding the roll anddeliver.- ing the cards from theapron to the feeding means, said feeding means includingmeans for alining orpositioning the sheets after the same have been delivered from the apron.

10. In combination with a printing press.,

' a roll comprising an extended apron having a series vof cards or sheets rolled'up ktherewith, card-feedingmeans for the press, a

feed table for the press and means for feedingv the cards thereto, means for unwinding the roll and delivering the cards to the cardfeeding means as the roll is unwound, and positioning mechanism engageable with the card on the feed table and movable transversely to the line of feed ofthe cards.

11. In combination with a printing press, a roll comprising an extended apron having a series of cards or sheets rolled up therewith, card-feeding means for the press, a feed table for the press and means for feeding the cards thereto, means for unwinding thegroll and delivering the cards to the cardfeeding means as the roll is unwound, guide stops, and an intermittently movable linger for engagement with the cards on the feed ytable to draw the vsame'against the guide stops. y y

12. In combination with a printing press, a roll comprising an extended apron having a series of cards or sheets rolled up therewith, card-feeding means for the press, a feed table for the press and means for feeding, the cards thereto, means for unwinding the roll and delivering the cards to the cardfeeding means as the roll is unwound, guide stops, an intermittently movable nger for engagement with the cards on the feed table to draw the same against the guide stops,

and means to give the finger a gyratory motion so as to cause the same to engage the cards only V-while moving toward the guidel stops.

13. In combination with a-printing press,

rollers journaled adjacent the feeding and delivering ends of the press, an extended apron connected with said `rollers, card-'feeding means for the press, `carddelivering-'means, means for winding the apron rupon the roll adjacent the delivery end, and means for guiding the apron while it is beingwoundso that cardswill be delivered thereby tothe cardmeans, means for windingthe apronupon the roll adjacent the delivery end,` and'means for guiding/the apron whiley it is beingy wound so that cards will be delivered thereby tov the card-feeding meansfand will be' received` and wound `u'p from the card-delivering means, sald `guidlng means including devices for presentingfthe cards, tothe L .e

card-feeding means with either side up as desired. ff 'f A 1.5. In combination with aV printingfpress,

lcards may be delivered to thefeeding means from either'side ofthe apron as desired.A

16. In combination with a printing press',

a roll comprising an extended apron having a series of cards or .sheets rolled-up therewith,` card-feeding' means for; the press,

means forunwinding the rolly and'delivering the cardsfrom `the apron to theffeeding means, means for guiding the apron while aroll comprising an extended? apronfhaving -it is being unrolled so that thecards will be f.

delivered to' the feeding, 'means' from the underside of the. apron, and means coperating with the apron'tofsupportthecards lwhile they are being delivered.l

17. In combination..` with a printing press, a roll comprising an extendedy apron having a Vseries of cards or sheets `,rolled uptherewith, card-feeding-means for lthe press, means for unwinding the roll anddelivering the cards from .the apron `vto the f feeding means, an endless apron, anda roller'about which theextended apron is causedto travel 'for guiding the same in contact with the upper surface of the endless Vapronfto rdeliver the cards tothefeeding means in reverse position. f. 1

18. In `combination with a printing press,

a roll comprising an extended apron having a series of cards or sheetsrolled up therewith, card-feeding means for the press, means for unwinding thev roll and delivering the cards from the apron to the feeding means, anl endless apron,l a roller about which the extended apron is caused to travel for guiding the same in Contact With the In testimony whereof I affix my signature upper surface of the endless apron to dein presence of tWo Witnesses.

liver the cards to the feeding means in re- WALTER R. REA. verse position, and a. horse-shoe guide for Witnesses:

carryingV the cards around the last named F. A. WHITELEY,

roller to prevent breaking thereof. H. A. BOWMAN.

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